Easter Bunny Cupcakes are simple to make and they’re an adorable Easter treat. Kids will love helping you make them, and you’ll love how easy they are!
This week, I wanted to make a fun Easter treat with my kids, but not something too complicated. The idea for Easter Bunny Cupcakes popped into my head.
These cupcakes turned out super cute and were a big hit with my kids.
I hope you’ll love them as much as we did!
How to Make Easter Bunny Cupcakes
What You’ll Need:
- a cake mix
or make your own batch of cupcakes - a can of vanilla frosting or your own buttercream frosting (I made my own)
- green food coloring
- bunny Peeps
or make your own batch of cupcakes
or your own buttercream frosting (I made my own)
Bake your cupcakes and let them cool. My daughter, Emily, requested chocolate cupcakes (and that’s all I had in the cupboard for cake mixes anyways), so chocolate it is for us. But you can make whatever kind you want. You can do chocolate, vanilla, even carrot cake (wouldn’t that be perfect?!)
Now you’ll need to color the frosting green. I use AmeriColor Gel Paste Food Color – the colors are amazing!
One little drop did that! Beautiful! I find coloring frosting fascinating – it’s fun to see the colors form. Maybe I’m just weird.
Decorate however you like. Fancy or simple.
You can frost the cupcakes with a cake decorating tip (I used Wilton Tip 233
.) You can buy the Cake Mate cake decorating tips in the baking aisle and use a star tip by cutting the tip of the corner of a plastic bag and adding the frosting.
Or you can just grab a knife and frost simply. It’s up to you.
Your Easter Bunny Cupcakes will be cute whatever you do, so don’t worry. Brightly colored marshmallow bunnies have a way of doing that. Just have fun with your kids!
Once you’ve frosted a cupcake, add a bunny on the top. You don’t want to wait too long, because the bunny won’t stick as well if the frosting has already dried. The kids love doing this.
And that’s it! You have Easter Bunny Cupcakes!
For another holiday-inspired treat perfect for kids to make – check out these adorable Santa cookies!
Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Easter Bunny Cupcakes are simple to make and are an adorable Easter treat. Kids will love helping you make them and you’ll be happy with how easy they are!
- Yield: 24 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cake mix
- ingredients on the back of the cake mix box (usually eggs, oil, water)
- a can of frosting or your own buttercream frosting (I made my own)
- green food coloring
- bunny Peeps
Instructions
- Bake the cupcakes according to the package directions. Cool completely.
- Add green food coloring to the frosting and stir.
- Frost the cupcakes. Immediately place one bunny on top of each cupcake, just after frosting.
Nutrition
- Calories: 6459
- Sugar: 292g
- Sodium: 7735mg
- Fat: 197g
- Saturated Fat: 32g
- Unsaturated Fat: 156g
- Carbohydrates: 1132g
- Fiber: 12g
- Protein: 46g
- Cholesterol: 21mg
kristen t says
I find frosting foloring to be equally as fascinating. I’m always amazed when I use food coloring at how easy it is to tint something!
Erika says
Yes! Thanks for stopping by!
Mudpies and Tiaras says
Those are adorable and I think I could make them!
Nicole (Mama to 4 Blessings) says
yummy! you are so professional with your professional colored dyes! You are very talented!
shelly says
Those are cute!
Kecia says
These are so cute! And they don’t sound difficult at all. I have pinned them to my Easter board, may try to make them before next weekend!
melissa says
These are seriously so adorable!!
April says
Hi,
I love Peeps, They are so cute:)
April
Mellissa Hanks says
Those are so adorable! I think I will make them for my sons class :O)
aurie says
These are adorable and so simple! Totally making these for Easter Dinner!!
Janelle Prentice says
Super cute idea! I’m sure my son would love these!
Kelley Johnsen says
These are so cute! I would love to try and make them!
Rachel R. says
Very cute and easy! I may have to make these as my contribution to Easter dinner. I also re-pinned this post 🙂
Mary Kathleen Cavanaugh says
I was referred here from a friend and I will make these for my daughter’s preschool! Adorable! Thank you for your great ideas and advise. Simple withchildren is fabulous!
The S.O.S. Mom says
These cupcakes look divine! Crazy how they look so fancy, yet they are so simple to make! I love those kind of recipes… keep them coming! 🙂
The S.O.S. Mom
Missy Meserve says
Adorable!
Allison Downes says
What an adorable treat! love the grassy icing
Seyma Shabbir says
The cupcakes came out great. Whenever I tried to design mine they came out like my kids got hold of them!
Lisa Ehrman says
These are so cute! And I don’t think they’ll be too hard to decorate, either. I can use gluten free cake mix, and have a wonderful Easter treat for my kids!
Erika says
Great idea, Lisa!
MADDIE K says
These are so sweet and cute! I have the nib to make the grass too! I think I might put a couple little candied eggs around the peep too. I’m torn between making this or a chocolate roll that I saw.
Erika says
I like your candy egg idea – that’s even more fun and festive! Thanks for visiting, Maddie!
andrejka says
it looks so cute!